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What lies beneath
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsIFRC’s Joe Cropp finds the deep sadness in Rakhine State’s displaced communities. -
Portrait from the past
Posted on November 20, 2012 | No CommentsJoe Cropp continues his mission seeing the effects of inter-communal violence in Myanmar. -
A few miles apart: former neighbours have similar needs following violence in Myanmar
Posted on October 31, 2012 | No CommentsJoe Cropp from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, visits camps for displaced people in Rakhine, Myanmar, and finds lives torn apart. -
A walk, a wait, a lifeline, and a stupid question…
Posted on October 5, 2012 | No CommentsIn his final dispatch from Bangladesh, Joe Cropp joins a group of women dealing with the aftermath of the recent floods and sees how a small cash grant can change lives across the community. -
Boats, bikes, automobiles and learning how to stand very, very still
Posted on October 3, 2012 | No CommentsOn his journey through Bangladesh seeing the work of the national Red Crescent society, Joe Cropp learns that the organization's volunteers won't let flood waters prevent their mission. -
“We have survived floods before. We’ll do it again.”
Posted on October 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsIFRC’s Joe Cropp is in Bangladesh to see the work of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in response to the recent floods. This is his second post. -
On the road in flood-damaged Bangladesh
Posted on October 1, 2012 | No CommentsIFRC's Joe Cropp is in Bangladesh to see the work of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in response to the recent floods. This is the first of four posts coming this week. -
Efficient disaster response requires effective logistics support
Posted on August 21, 2012 | No CommentsJoe Cropp stands at the loading bay of the Red Cross warehouse in Manila as emergency relief is sent out to flood affected communities. -
Josephine Santos, Red Cross volunteer: Keeping the passion alive despite being affected by floods
Posted on August 17, 2012 | No CommentsBy Afrhill Rances in Manila It was a quiet Sunday afternoon in Quezon City. On a normal day, parents would take their kids to the church, park or mall and... -
Returning home to find devastation following floods in Manila
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsRed Cross aid worker Joe Cropp visits one of Manila’s flood devastated communities and finds families rebuilding their lives as the water retreats. -
Rebuilding from nothing is a massive task
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsWe leave the hotel at dawn. The plan is to visit some of the most isolated communities in the flood affected area. Our driver – the quietly-spoken Amjad – is worried we haven’t had breakfast and pulls into a questionable looking truck stop. A couple of truck drivers snooze on one of the low platforms scattered with cushions that furnish the open eating area. -
From nothing to a functioning clinic in 15 minutes
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsWe follow the non-descript bus for two hours along the flood damaged dirt roads of Sindh. The only thing marking its difference from a regular passenger bus, is the small National Red Crescent Society emblem on the side. But inside it’s very different – the bus carries an entire mobile health clinic and a team of volunteer doctors and other health professionals. -
A drive into flood-affected Sindh province, India
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsIFRC delegate Joe Cropp visited flood devastated Pakistan and found despair and determination in the ruins. Day 1 - Driving deeper into Sindh province, the roads become narrow strips of land flanked by flood water. Crops that were almost ready for harvest now slowly rot in the stagnant water.
